Hello. That’s right Asshole. I said hello.
I didn’t greet you, make conversation, or pick up after you because it’s my job. I did it all becuase I am a nice person. Jerk. I am a cashier and you Prick come in, in your big fancy suit on your telephone, throw your purchases down and your money and completly ignor me. Fucker. I smile nicely, letting you know that I am aware you’re on the phone and giving you a second to get off so we can start the transaction. I’m afraid it’s part of my job as a cashier to ask you some quck questions, and as a caring human to make sure you got what you were looking for and to ask how you were doing. At least acknowledge that I exist. You proceed to walk out the door without a thank you or a goodbye.
And you, Bitch! I say hello, and you say nothing. I repeat myself more than once, obviously you didn’t hear me the first two times. Then you glare at me and angrily say HELLO… ok, so you did hear me all three times I asked. I ask you how you’re doing, nothing, I ask you for a “” card, and you do not respond and so I tell you the total. You pay by (again) throwing your money on the counter… all those pennies dimes and nickles. While I have my hand held out for you to place it in. Then just walk away while I say goodbye, have a good day! And again you ignore me. How the hell is that supposed to make me feel? Grow the fuck up and learn some manners.
—A Lowly Cashier
This article appears in Mar 19-25, 2009.
I agree, for every nice person in this town there are about 4 douche bags. Don’t let it get to you, they’re mostly numb-minded boring people to begin with.
This used to happen to me all the time when I worked retail. I’d smile at someone, make eye contact and say hello and they’d look right through me and ignore me. Many customers acted like my job was a disease they might catch if they acknowledged me in even the smallest way. Don’t take it personally OP, it says a lot about the kind of human beings they are and in no way reflects on you.
When I was in Binghampton once I saw a guy at a subway tell a girl barking on her cellphone that if she didnt get off of it he wouldn’t serve her, it was lovely
tell me, did you pack their stuff improperly?
that’s about the only revenge you’re able to muster without getting a potential managerial call.
My mom did this once at the grocery store and I was mortified. I called her out on it and she apologized. Sometimes people forget what it was like to be young and have to work shitty jobs. I would have loved to see the subway clerk tell off the cell phone lady! Haha! Take that!
If I were the cell phone lady it would be pretty easy to just drag on the process, especially since that pimple faced snot had no clue what the call was about. Oh it would take me half an hour to order the sandwich as I maticiously go over EVERY DETAIL. And lord help the ‘sandwich artist’ if they forgot to change their gloves BEFORE they made my sandwich because you gaddamn believe they would do it OVER and my order would change because I won’t feel like that sandwich anymore. Heaven help anyone else who is in line because I would spin around and say that I came before them and if I have to take my time with the ‘sandwich artist’ to make sure that we have that personal one on one to make sure the sandwich is made right then I will give them my full and unwaivering attention. Then I will ask them why they arn’t wearing their apron and why they didn’t wash their face to get rid of the caked up oil. If they wanted to be stared at instead of multitasking then that is what they will get. AND I won’t leave a tip.
Gimpy…Taken from Wikipedia…”Those exhibiting the superiority complex commonly project their feelings of inferiority onto others they perceive as beneath them, possibly for the same reasons they themselves may have been ostracized, i.e. viewing most, possibly all others as “ugly” or “stupid”, and beneath oneself. Accusations of arrogance and cockiness are often made by others when referring to the individual exhibiting the superiority complex.” Sorry you have been ostracized as a child.
Wikipedia also says elephants fly and the land slug could hit top speeds of sub light so tour argument is moote is using that as a psycho analistic tool. Although it does scream what is considered to be ‘knowledge’. I’m not sorry you are a moron #@%$.
Calling me a moron proves the point even more.
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Just as I suspected.
I hate it when a customer puts their money on the counter when you clearly have your hand out. Or if they are talking on their cell phone and bark their order at you! Medium double double. No please or thank you. Nothing bothers me more!
Sometimes when this happens, I hold my hand out for change witout saying the total, place their change on the counter and the bag (improperly packed might I add) at the far end and move on to the next customer. Man do I get dirty looks! Guess now they know how it feels eh? Oh, and for all the employers out there who cringe at this tactic, those particlar customers continue to shop regularly at that location. ^_^
Sometimes when this happens, I hold my hand out for change witout saying the total, place their change on the counter and the bag (improperly packed might I add) at the far end and move on to the next customer. Man do I get dirty looks! Guess now they know how it feels eh? Oh, and for all the employers out there who cringe at this tactic, those particlar customers continue to shop regularly at that location.
Gimpy…what does “moote” mean? I can’t find it in my version of Wikipedia. Your version sounds much more interesting than mine! as yours includes such things flying cows and slugs reaching top speeds of sub-light. Also, while you are looking that up, could you please let me know what “analistic” tools are? or was that a Freudian slip, and you were trying to do two things at once?
I hate when people do that. I think the general consensus is that being in the service industry generally blows and some people are never going to realized how truly ignorant they make themselves look. Im a bitch to people like that who come into my job, because I feel like they don’t deserve any respect.
Refuse to serve him. let him complain about it. shit get fired. but do not tolerate it. cell phones are making people rude. its embarassing. if it was me, I would have said hello with my foot up his ass.
You guys would like Germany (at least parts of it where I have been) where there is a ‘money tray’ next to the cash. You don’t actually hand the money to the cashier, you put it in the tray and then the cashier puts your change in the tray.
Cellphone talkers probably wouldn’t go over so well at the Korean grocer that I go to (Chebucto Road across from “The Bay”) where the lady who owns/operates it politely passes me the items I have bought/my change with her right hand while her left hand supports her wrist (its a part of Korean etiquette). Crazy eh?
What’s worse is the delayed murmured hellos; they make a person feel delightfully idiotic. Really? You couldn’t speak your lazy mouth two syllables and be polite? Please.
Cranky – it gets even crazier. In Korea, you are bowed to and greeted EVERY time you enter an establishment, no matter how big, or how small. Homeplus (like the korean wal-mart) has people (similar to greeters) that have microphones and spend the whole day saying hello and bowing to the thousands of shoppers that go in and out. Even the teens that work at the corner stores always say hello and goodbye, no matter what else they are doing at the time. It takes some getting used to, but it’s nice to be noticed.